![Zuma was forced to step down last year by the ruling ANC party [File: Michele Spatari/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/249dd2c2b73c46a5b2efabd540e2b840_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Ex-president’s office announces withdrawal of appeal from constitutional court against his prosecution for corruption.
Jacob Zuma
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South African court issues arrest warrant for ex-president after no-show at pre-trial hearing over corruption charges.
As per an estimate by the South African government, corruption has cost the economy $700bn.
Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed former president’s leave to appeal against his trial related to...
![Head to Head: Baleka Mbete (South Africa) [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/7e659c4c91f64f54aa9a5511a23f5c4a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
South African politician Baleka Mbete on corruption, xenophobia and whether the ANC has lived up to its promises.
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Ex-South African president to appeal court ruling to deny him permanent stay of prosecution on corruption charges.
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Zuma expected to return to court next week on corruption charges as court dismissed his application to halt case.
![South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is being accused of misleading parliament about 500,000 rands ($35,955) that were donated to his campaign to lead the ANC in 2017 [Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/b66d47efeb164bacaf802f581c597b7d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Cyril Ramaphosa faces off in court against his country’s public protector in a case centering on a key cabinet member.
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Report by public protector on president comes as predecessor abandons testimony to commission probing graft allegations.
![Former South African president Jacob Zuma says there had been a decades-long plot against him [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/74a5cbef701049a8bba5fc81076dea94_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The former president is appearing before a high-profile commission of inquiry into corruption during his time in office.
Ex-president tells corruption inquiry enemies seeking his removal subjected him to ‘character assassination’.
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Ramaphosa, who is also the ANC’s leader, was elected without contest and will be officially inaugurated on Saturday.
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Legal representatives for scandal-plagued former President Jacob Zuma argue he is a victim of ‘mob justice’.
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Nhlanhla Nene resigned after he admitted to visiting a business family at the heart of a corruption scandal.